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Raj has to trade Sheldon his limited edition green lantern lantern in exchange for Sheldon's service as wingman at the university mixer. Later, Raj trades more items in return for Sheldon to go on an additional date.
Contributed by
James Tierney

This song discusses the things money can buy you and the passion that making money elicits from many people. You could just try making money in the basement, but counterfeiting is a serious crime so think twice about that choice.
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Brian ORoark

Some things you just can't afford, no matter how much money you have. Even though people have a demand for love and there is a supply of love, markets don't work as well at setting equilibrium in the matter of love.
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Brian O'Roark

Consumer behavior drives much of the macro economy so when buyers move en masse, they can move the needle on Gross Domestic Product. But, when does too much spending and not enough saving become a bad thing? Shania Twain’s cynical song addresses this obsession we have with spending.
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Brian ORoark

The bankers singing the song Fidelity Fiduciary Bank in the movie version of Mary Poppins provide a perfect example of how lending and saving go hand in hand to facilitate investment.
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Brian ORoark

In this clip from 1990's Kindergarten Cop, Cullen Crisp's nefarious mother gets rid of the key witness in the case against her son by planting lethal narcotics with a drug dealer. The exchange takes place in the Broadway Arcade, where it's implied only "low-lives" (a role named in the film's credits) and people of color can be found.
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Veronica Paredes

21 Pilots sing about the things that stress out the insecure lead singer. But this isn't a song about psychology as much as it is about economics. Wake up you need to make money!
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Brian ORoark

The Johnson family is sitting around the Christmas tree opening gifts. The children are not appreciative of the gifts because it's not what they wanted. One of the children, Junior, wonders why he got a gift card.
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James Tierney

When it is a rich man's world, what's a girl to do? Study economics! This clever interpretation of the ABBA classic covers monetary policy and the role of money in an economy.
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Abbey Zorich

Howard is being used by one of Penny's friends. He has promised to take her shopping in exchange for attention. Howard doesn't mind this and announces that he has to cash in some Bar Mitzvah bonds in order pay for things.
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James Tierney

From The Simpsons (The Trouble With Trillions; Season 9, Episode 20) (1998).

This scene from The Simpsons Depicts a trillion-dollar Bill which Monty Burns stole from the government. If the government could get it back that would certainly be worth a lot of money, but would it be worth what we think of as a trillion dollars? Not really, because new money of that amount entering the economy would cause substantial inflation, make that bill purchase less stuff than a trillion dollars previously could.
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F. Bailey Norwood

Making money can consume people as Robi-Rob’s Club World reiterates in this catchy number. How you “make that money” depends in large part on what you are using for money (cash, check, or credit) and what type of work you are engaged in.
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Brian ORoark